- Incident
- 11 in 2023
- Type
- Limited Callout — Injured & Medical
- Location
- Muncaster Castle
- Weather
- Rain
- Other Agencies
- North West Ambulance Service
- Diagnosis
- Knee Injury
The team was called by North West Ambulance Service to assist with a casualty transfer. A visitor to Muncaster Castle had slipped and painfully injured his knee, rendering him unable to move. Once on scene the teams worked together to assess, provide pain relief and splint the leg, before stretchering the short distance to the ambulance for the onward transfer to hospital.
We wish the gentleman all the best for a swift recovery.
Incident started at 18:12 and ended at 20:07 making 1.9 hrs in total. There were 15 Wasdale team members involved and the incident occured at SD102963. Total rescuer hours: 29
